A/N: Thank you to everyone who has reviewed. Sorry the update took so long. Life is my only excuse. Three kids and loads of family drama plus cooking. Thank you for your patience. On with the story.

Agent Burke woke abruptly. This was the direct result of the bucket of ice water being thrown on him. He shouted in surprise and tried to move. This brought the shocking realization that he was tied, very firmly, to a metal chair. His wrists bound to the arms and his ankles tied to the chair legs He looked up. Clarice was sitting across from him on a table. Beside her, on the table, were several objects. None of which looked very pleasant to him. Along the side was another table. On it looked like a bundle of sheets. Agent Burke could see his knife sticking out of the top.

"I'm glad to see you're wake. I would have hated to start without you." Clarice said.

"Untie me." Agent Burke yelled.

"I don't think so."

"You'll get what's coming to you. I will get loose then justice will be done."

"What exactly do you think I have coming to me, Agent Burke?"

"You're as bad as he was. Here I thought he'd just manipulated you like the weak willed woman you are. But now I see he poisoned you. He turned you into another demon like him."

"No he merely opened my eyes."

"So why did you kill him then?"

"What makes you think I killed him?"

"I saw the tape."

"Really? Who all saw this mysterious tape?"

"Crawford, Noonan and I all watched it. They wanted to hide it. They destroyed it and said it didn't exist. There could be no tape because you were dead. I bet they wouldn't have been so quick to let you go if they knew the truth."

"So you thought you'd track me down and do what they decided not to do."

"You need to be punished. You were an agent of the F.B.I. You went against orders and allowed that man to corrupt you. I bet you enjoyed what he did to you. I bet you enjoyed it when he defiled you."

"You came here on a fake passport. Who's going to know?" Clarice said.

"They'll take fingerprints."

"Then I guess we'll just have to ship you back to Texas, dump you in an alley; maybe take in a show or two. We could make a weekend of it."

"You'll get caught if you go back to the states."

"We haven't in the past. I'm sure we won't this time." Hannibal said.

"What if we just throw him in the wood chipper?" Clarice asked. "No body for anyone to find."

"That's a bit noisy for this time of night my dear."

"We could do it tomorrow morning. The staff will all be off tomorrow anyway."

She ran her hand over the instruments on the table.

"Then again maybe we should just wait and see what's left."

"What are you going to do to me?" Agent Burke asked. He was truly afraid of the couple in front of him.

"We're going to kill you…eventually." Clarice said frankly picking something up from the table.

"You can't do this."

"Why not?"

"You can't just tie a person up then kill them."

"If you were untied it would be a bit more difficult." she replied. She plunged a blade into the back of his hand and he let out a screech. She waited for the noise to subside. "You see that would have been much more difficult if you had been moving around."

Hannibal chuckled.

"You can stop this. I'll help you kill him. I'll take you back to the States. You'll be a hero. I'll protect you and your child."

"The child you tried to murder less than an hour ago." Hannibal interjected.

"He's manipulated you, brainwashed you. You were one of the greatest agents the Bureau has ever had." Agent Burke said. "You are stronger than him. Fight it Starling."

"You expect me to leave my husband, my home, to go back with you, a man who has insulted my family and attempted to murder my child. Wow that's a tough decision but I think I'll pass."

"You can't do this."

"Hannibal," Clarice said turning to her husband, "I recall an offer you once made me that I turned down at the time. I think I've changed my mind."

"What offer would that be my love?" he replied moving closer to her.

"The one you made me at Union Station by the carousel." she replied. He smiled and kissed her.

"It would be my pleasure."

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